antmanb
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I went back a fair way into this part of the board and couldn't find a practice thread and wondered if there was any appetite to write how our practices are going? I find myself posting things about my skating in various other threads so thought it might be nice to see if this gets off the ground as it were.
Touching wood as I write this, but my back and various other regular injuries are currently under control so my practices have been a lot more like they were two years ago with skating all out for a good hour and half and getting in moves, jumps and spins into the session and leaving totally exhausted having burnt a bunch of calories
I've lost some weight in the last few months which has meant i'm landing up to loop regularly. I'm still scared of the loop and find that i'm still trying to rotate it from my left shoulder (I jump anti-clockwise) despite my attempts to stay checked and rotate with the right arm. The faster attempts I tried last week brought back my comical habit of punching out and round towards the right with my right hand (as if i'm pushing against an imaginary wall to help me rotate. No it makes no sense to me either, but it's just what happens!). I have no idea why this results in a one foot landing but it does. If I keep my arms under control I double foot the landing.
I prefer the feel of the flip and can do a pretty good take off and rotation, but I chicken out and two foot nearly every single attempt. The jump is high and light and feels really nice, but my left foot always goes to the ice as well. I'm sure this is just a mental/weight thing that I will resolve shortly.
Spins is something I haven't been able to practice a great deal while injured so I've been building up the spins again. I was always generally a better spinner (forwards) than a jumper so this has been nice. It might be nice to actually be able to do a backspin, but as yet I've not acquired this new skill, though I did manage to go round twice after the change on a change camel...I think this might be the only way I get a backspin because by itself or on a change upright I always come up on the toe pick and grind to a halt. We shall see.
Touching wood as I write this, but my back and various other regular injuries are currently under control so my practices have been a lot more like they were two years ago with skating all out for a good hour and half and getting in moves, jumps and spins into the session and leaving totally exhausted having burnt a bunch of calories
I've lost some weight in the last few months which has meant i'm landing up to loop regularly. I'm still scared of the loop and find that i'm still trying to rotate it from my left shoulder (I jump anti-clockwise) despite my attempts to stay checked and rotate with the right arm. The faster attempts I tried last week brought back my comical habit of punching out and round towards the right with my right hand (as if i'm pushing against an imaginary wall to help me rotate. No it makes no sense to me either, but it's just what happens!). I have no idea why this results in a one foot landing but it does. If I keep my arms under control I double foot the landing.
I prefer the feel of the flip and can do a pretty good take off and rotation, but I chicken out and two foot nearly every single attempt. The jump is high and light and feels really nice, but my left foot always goes to the ice as well. I'm sure this is just a mental/weight thing that I will resolve shortly.
Spins is something I haven't been able to practice a great deal while injured so I've been building up the spins again. I was always generally a better spinner (forwards) than a jumper so this has been nice. It might be nice to actually be able to do a backspin, but as yet I've not acquired this new skill, though I did manage to go round twice after the change on a change camel...I think this might be the only way I get a backspin because by itself or on a change upright I always come up on the toe pick and grind to a halt. We shall see.